MonkRome

joined 3 years ago
[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Someone close to me was head of the team at HB Fuller that invented the adhesive on pads used today. He is in his late 80's now. Really cool such a simple invention impacted so many people.

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

You can also get upgraded for free. I've flown first many times, I've never paid for it.

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Imagine having a lower minimum wage than West Virginia...

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

We have organizations that calculate the "living wage" in each area, it should be tied to that. Its $26/hr where I live.

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

A game similar to links awakening but maybe a little darker in story tone. I've had parts of a story for it for years.

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Sure, but just because they are morons, doesn't mean I have to drive faster than what I deem is safe.

This is what people responded to.

The answer to that remains the same. What you deem as safe is irrelevant, what is safe is the speed of traffic. I don't care about blame, I don't care about fault, I don't care about legality, or ideological purity of you're perceived self righteousness. Safety should be the measure all other things hinge off of, full stop.

Under the metric of safety the people who drive much faster or much slower than the speed of traffic are the most dangerous people on the road. They are the cause of and at fault in the most accidents because in both cases, their ego is more important than their or others lives.

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I never said I think that society as a whole should drive faster, I said that the safest speed is the average speed. You don't lower the speed by putting up signs or blindly driving slower than traffic. You lower it by narrowing lanes, crowding the clear zone, and implementing other physical calming measures (sharper corners, speed bumps, trees overhnging, etc).

I dont make decisions based on some ideological stance on how things "should" be, I make decisions based on the reality I live in. In reality, what we both live in, the safest speed to drive is objectively, the average speed of traffic. You're certainly free to drive 20 km/h below the average speed, but you're getting down voted because it is an ideological stance not based in reality.

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Is the law what's important or safety?

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (9 children)

The safest speed is nearly always the average speed of traffic, this is well studied...

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago

The president of the united states gave control of a department to guy that did a Nazi salute. Stop your whataboutism, its not remotely the same.

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Counterpoint, aluminum is bad for you, anti-persperaint is hard to clean off your body and cloths, humans are allowed to smell a little. As long as you're not smelling like a highschool gym and shower regularly and after exercise, a light application of deodorant should be plenty for the majority of adults.

[–] MonkRome@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Except every car I've ever seen it implemented in malfunctions 1000 times more than it ever works properly. I always signal and find lane departure to be incredibly dangerous. If you trust your cars algorithm more than your own eyes, I don't trust you on the road.

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